Vroblftrin Nana. EiMii=i PITTSBURGH, JULY 5, 1862 The War. The enemy exhibits a vigor and perse verance far beyond the thought of many . of our politicians. He indicates, us we have eked said, the capability of continuing the contest till next Winter. All the energy the Govern went can now possibly put forth, is requisite, if we would make even slow ad vances. An effort is now being made to correct the grand error which was com mitted when recruiting was ;iuspended. That fatal blunder will cost the country im mensely, in life, money,, and reputation. Let it not be repeated. It becomes us to have an army of 800,000 men in the field, or well equipped and ready for the field, by the middle of October; and to effect this, every energy should be speedily put forth. Get all the regulars we can, and all the three years men, then men for one year, and, if need be, for six months. The South still feel the utmost confi dence that they can protract the war, and exhibit such an indomitable spirit, that the North will be wearied out, and that foreign nations will be induced to interfere on their behalf. And in all this they are aided, comforted, and encouraged by two parties at the North. One of these is their sympa thizers, and the other is the Radicals. These two parties waste their strength in contests with each other. Theydistract the national councils. They prevent the put ting forth of the Government's full entirgies: They quarrel about slavery and emancipa tion—about confiscation and conservatism. They thus prolong the struggle, it they do riot endanger the country's existence. Fanaticism and selfishness are the grand enemies of the public weal, IN THE WEST, things progress favorably, though Arkansas affords some indicatinns not so desirable. The railroads East and North, from Corinth and Memphis, are, nearly re paired, and are partially used. Vicksburg still holds out against our arms. East Ten ncssee is being penetrated by Morgan's army om Cumberland Gap, in the North, and by Buell's army from the South; and there is a fair prospect of a speedy release from robel rule, to the loyal people of that dis trict. There have bean no recent operations, of much note, on the margins of the Gulf States. The reduction of Vicksburg clime too much of the attention of Commodores rarragut and Porter, to allow of their at tacking Mobile. NEAR CHARLESTON, on James' Island, there has been a severe battle, badly man aged, and resulting in much. loss. Oars was the attacking party, With forces quite too weak. They were repelled with a loss of some 800 killed and wounded. Gents, Benham and Stevens were in command on the Island. Benham is sent to Washing ton, suspended of his command. IN CENTRAL VINGINIA. our arms have not yet fully recovered their losses. We formerly noticed, with disapprobation, the cutting up of the army there, and the plait ing of it under different commanders. The Government. has now arranged for greater unity of action. The bringing of the three Departments into one, and the placing of Gen. Pope at its head, promises efficiency. It is however attended with some embarrassments. Gen. Pope is the junior of Gens. Fremont, McDowell, and Banks. Gen. Fremont at once asked to be relieved from his command. He retires to New-York. Gen, Banks approves of the arrangement , and holds on. Gen:, Mc- Dowell will, probably continue at the held of corps,`underllen. Pope. The kis of Gen. Pope,' are not yet diVilged. rte will likely endeavor to clear the Shenan doah Vallpy,atid advance toward Gordor villa, or - Oliiiifetteville, whither 'if not, p? Richmond, a large part of Jackson's forces have removed. Gen: Rufus King, who succeeds Gen. Fremont, has been, as yet, undistinguished. The position is vastly important: Gen. Seigel is still in Gen. Banks' ,corps. Gen. Shields, it is said, will retire, l o ne° the Senate refused to con firm his appointment as Major-General. Every energy needs now to be put forth, to pilaw close on Jackson's rear, so that if he goes to Riehtnend, ha May be fought by the same forces which were, sent against him in the valley. OUR AWAY BEPONE iiOIINIONU, is be ing tested to its utmost powers. On Wed nesday, the left wing was advanced nearly a , mile, the acquisition being add by very hard fighting, in which some 500 Men were killed or woundedi They possessed .the enemy's vamp, at that place, and improved their position. On Thursday the enemy, in great, throe, assailed the -right wing, where the' Pennsylvania Reserves, 10,000 strong, under Gen. McCall, were stationed. Some particulars of this fight are given in another column. Whether it was to our advantage or not, may be doubted. The contest was well waged by both officers and men, and, the loss in killed and wounded was severe. It resulted in the retirement of our right wing across the Ohickahominy. This wing had been on the left bank of that river, extending our lines to Mechanics ville, at ate PredericksbUrg Railroad. The drawing of it in, and the abasing to 'the right bank of the tJhickahominy, brings it into close connexion with the centre. The army is more compact, mord manageable, and better able to contend against a supe rior force. The drawing in of the right wing, how ever, has made necessary a movement which has the appearance of a disaster. The im mense army stores collected on the Pauturt ky, at the White House, were thus uncov ered., and had to be 'removed. This; Of course, would lead to a speedy repulse,tif our army had not another basis of opera tions. This basis is the James river. Gen. McClellan' had, kept his transports, steam . t.t • ers and steam tugs at the White House, in perpetual readiness for a move, in case the enemy would conic in olmrpowe.ring num bers upon him down betweein the two rivers. Thus'provided, he was enabled to get almost his entire stores shipped and removed in safety. They have gone down the Pamun ky and York rivers, round Fortress Monroe and up the Ames river, and are now at Turkey Island, 15 miles in a straight line from. Richmond. The James river is possessed by our gun boats up to Fort Darling, that is, to within seven miles of Richmond. They lie, on that river, nearer to the centre of our army, at Fair Oaks, than the White House is to Fair Oaks. The country is said to be dry, and the army can thence have its sup with ease This change of front and basis, made by General IVl'Clellan, was evidently contem plated by him as aprobable necessity. His arrangements were thus adapted. Whether it belonged to his main plan, or whether it is an alternative, is not yet manifest. We think that in preparing for his first movement, he intended to approach Richmond, by the James river; but the Aferrintac,closed its entrance and he had to begin by the York arid I'amunky. And now his large collection of stores at the White House, and his far extended right wing may have been intended to tempt the enemy to make their,present movement. And this idea is supported' by the perfect arrangements to retire his stores from that depot, and by the concentration of his gunboats high up the James river, and by their long weeks of seeming inaction. That he would meet a force at Richmond vastly his superior in• numbers, he seems to have been confident. He hence needed not only skill, but strategy. He may now, if he has the men, press up between Rich mond and the Chickaliontiny, and out off the large force which assailed his right wing. If he cannot do that, he may clear out Ft. Darling, and the James river up the city, and advance, with the gunboats and army mutually supporting each other., But we need not multiply conjectures. I Before we got through the , press, there will be new developments. Should disaster occur to our army at Richmond, we may well reflect upon those Senators and Congressmen who have been spending time,' and delaying efforts, and causing divisions and alienations. Patriot ism would say, Lay personal aspirations aside till you say° your country; and con fiscation and emancipation bills might be deferred till we see what we are likely to have, to be affected by such bills. An army we want, and money, atid munitions of war; and we want unity in counsel, and the hearty and entire cooperation of all the loyal. Liverppol Proposed Ter ! minus of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Philadelphians claim, and withgreat justice too, that in the Pennsylvania Rail road, which was built mainly by their, en terprise, they have one of the best highways in the Union. Its receipts last year were over seven mt27lions of dollars; and for order, expedition, safety, and capability, it is not excelled. The whole State may well be proud, of it. This road, by its connexion withiother lines, has both spread and ex tended itself Westward. Its interest in, and connexion with the Pittsburgh, Tort Wayne and Chicago Mad is such, that Chicago maybe said to bedts Western ter minus. - By this road, Philadelphia is many miles nearer the whole Western grain-grow 'ing and stock-raising country than is New- Ye rk: I• But Philadelphia is not a proper East ern terminus for the road. The immense amounts of grain, flour, provisions, cotton, hemp and tobacco which it brings to the seaboard, need a larger market—need tran sit to foreign ports. Philadelphia does not now afford the desired facilities for transfer ring produce across the ocean, and' some thing must be done to supply its defi ciency. Under the pressure of this want, a new effortis being made to get up the Randall , , line ().f . steamers, from Philadelphia to Liv erpool. This line is a proposition by Mr. Randall, tendered a few years ago, to build several very large and very swift ocean steamers—steamers not equal to the Great Eastern, ''-but, mulch suipasking those of Cunard, and which could make the transit ;in six days. The plan seems feasible. Philadelphians, aided by the Railroad, have the money, the credit, and the business, The establishing of the line would, practi cally, make the Pennsylvania Railroad, to have its Western business'terminus in Ohi cage, the great mart for the 'iliirchase .produce, and its Eastern business terminua! iu Liverpool„ , i4e largest market in the world, for its sate. May success attend the 'enterprise. Anonymous Communica tiOns—Productive Capacity. A correspondent, over the signature of "All Together," criticises an item we lately published;'on the Productivi Capacity of New-England and New-York; but he does not give a responsible name, and' : hence oanmat claim spice in our columns... By By " Productive - Capacity," as every one knows who understands the _English lan guage, is meant the- capability of bringing forth, by agricultnre ,, manufac turing—by, every appliance - of human skill and, industry—thin gs ''adapted to human use. The soil of New-England, excepting from its meadows, gardens, orchards, and forest's, produces comparatively ` bat. little. But t from its manufactures of cotton, wool, flax, hemp, iron, leather, paper, wood—fta booksi i agricultural implements, cabinet= ware, ships, &c : , &c., its productions are immense. Our correspondent details the oft-uttered statistics of the export of Southern pro ductions from the soil, as compared with Northern. We answer : 1. The North PRESBYTEIIAN BANNER.---SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1862. produces its own bread, butter, beef, pork, clothing, implements, furniture, &c., and uses theta ; exporting only the surplus. The South produces cotton, tobacco, tar, &0., and exports them nearly all; and it imports, to a great extent, its food, rai ment, household utensils, shoes, wagons, &c., &c. Its whole crops of cotton, sugar, rice, tobacco, are needed to buy what it consumes, and what is needed to carry on its household and agricultural affairs. And almost all its purchases are made at the North, and are the productions of the North. The raising of articles for foreign export is hence but a part of the measure of a coun try's powers of production; and is not to be made the sole standard of a comparison be tween it and other countries. The producing power of a country lies in the earth, the muscle, and the mind. The earth yields agricultural products and min erals. The muscle is found in.men, horses, mules, and oxen. The mind is in avian, and brings the other departments of pofver into exercise. Taking the whole of the Northern, or free States, into the compari son, they by far excel the South in all the producing sources. Comparing New-Eng land alone with the Southern States, they greatly-excel it in agricultural capacity and in muscle, while it greatly excels them in mind. The water, power in New : England, which is applied to productive purposes, and the steam power, excel the slave power of the Southern States many times over. The Yankees make'the water and the stone coal which the earth yields, their slaves. These are, by mind, applied to machinery. This machinery, added to their energetic muscle, affords them a prodnetive capacity far beyond what the South possesses in its four millions,,of slaves, and;its. multiplied millions of fertile:acres. The statistics which we copied from in exchange, in the item alluded' to, viz.: " The productiVe capacity of New-gngland and New-York exceeds that of the entire seventeen slave States by $61,000,000 ; while the State' of New-York alone is, in this respect, 666,600,000 in excess of the ten Cotton States together ; and the annual products of the little State of Massachu setts exceeds in value the entire cotton crop of the Southern States at an average price;" is we believe correct. This ex planation, however, ,is to be made, that ." capacity " is here,spoken of as tested by actual results, and, , that the value of the productions should be reduced by the cost of the raw material-from abroad, which is used in manufactures., The .Zatent capacity of a country consistainits soil, forests, fish eries, facilities for navigation, water-power, coal, minerals ; its producing capacity con sists in the muscle and mind which it ap plies to the purning of these things into 'human use; and this capacity is exhibited and measured by the number of people who are fed, and Clothed, and'iducated thereby, and by the style and manner in which they live. PRESBYTERIAL NOTICES. ' The PRESBYTERY OF ALLEGHENY CITY stands, adjourned to meet in the Presbyterian church of Sewickley, . on Tuesday, the Bth of JUly, at 10 o'clock A. AL - WM. ANNAN, &sad Clerk. ientrai Pius. -An Important Advance. On Wednesday, June 25th, 'a:Division of the. army heforehmond advanced ton new post.' don. The followink dispatches from General McClellan to the War Department indicate the movement: REDOUBT No. 3, June 20, , 1:30, P. M. We have advanced our pickets on the left con siderably, to-day, under a sharp resistance. Our men have behaved , very handsomely. Some firing still continues. 3:10 P. , M.--. The enemy are making a deeper rate resistance to the advance of our pickets. Kearney's and one half of Hooker's Division are where - I4ant them. -I hive thismoment rein forced Hooker's right, with a brigade and a couple of guns. I hope in a few minutes to fin ish the work intended for to-day.. Our men are behaving splendidly. The enemy is fighting well. This is not a battle; it is merely an affair of Heintaelman'is corps, supported byg Ke,' and thus far all goes well, and we uphold every foot we have gained. If we sniceed in what we have undertaken; it will be a very important advantage gained. The loss is not.large, thus;fay. The fighting, up to this time, has been done by Hooker's Division, which has bahaved, as usual, most handsomely. On our right, Oen. Porter has silenced the ems, my?s batteries in his front. • - 6 P. M.—The affair is over, andwe have gained our point fully, with but little loss, notwithstand ing the strong opposition. Our men have, done all that could be desired: The affair was par tially decided by two guns that Capt. Derreseey brought gallantly into action under very difficult circumstances. The enemy was driven from' his camp in front of this, and all is now quiet. W. .MoCtErzax, Maj.-Gen. Commanding.. Few Incidents of the Battle. In another column we give.,a tolerably oon tected statement of the battle on the right wing laf,McClellan's army. But statements are impel.. lea, and the contest. is not ended. The follow ing incidents have interest:'. Col. . _ Col. Black, - of-Pennsylvania, was killed, his lead blown otr.by a shell._ When welost Eaton's battery,ilklat its Valdable\nounnander,beside, Ten guns"Wert) taken frem nsby*Suddett\ flank - attitek; covefed thethiek smoke whi s eh lung around:the Pieces and: fildWly - drifted Wienward. Count,. ae , Paris toblv - pri l soner apbel Major, who belonged to Jackion's army. Hi said he had been in the valley of the Shenandoah all Winter, and came here yesterday With part toe Jackson's army: The rest of it arrived this morning. The wh r ole 'of it was here. He said that in the attack on' our right the rebels hail from 60,000 to 80,000 troops. This will explain the enormous fire under which our men were borne down and swept away, precisely as some of the regiments were swept away at the Seven Pines. Twice all along .the 'front did the bloody and determined attack cling to our lines of battle and our rifle-pits and redoubts. Porter thun dered on them with fifty cannon; Sumnet's, Hooker's, Ayres' guns reaped them with' a very death harvest. Their loss in killed and wounded was horrible. . At Savage's Station, the wounded already fill the gre,at street of tents in the garden, and begin to pave the grass yard'as after the Seven Pines. The same moaning and shrieking, fill the night as then, and again. bear testimony against the style of warfare which submits regiments to the fire of brigades. '• Arizona Occupied by National Forces. San __Francisco, Monday, June 9.—Gen. Carle ton's brigade has entered Arizona. The advance guard, under Col. West, reached Tucson, about the 17th ult., the rebels having previously aban dened the place. The stars and stripes were again hoisted over the ruins of Fort Breckiu ridge. Washington. June 28.—Gen. Pope has won many admirers since he came here, by his quiet and unobtrusive manners. He appears in citizen's dress, without attendants, and apparently has no time or taste for idle display. Great confidence is expressed in his military skill and fighting qualities. Western men, who are familiar with his recent campaign, are loud and unanimous in his praise. It is predicted that he will make short work of Jackson and his vaunting followers when he is once in the field. It is stated that Gen. Banks has telegraphed to the President that heis entirely satisfied with the new order placing Gen. Pope in command of the Department of Virginia. The treaty made through Minister Corwin, leaning $11,000,000 to Mexico, his, it is under: stood, been sent into the Senate by the Presi dent.. The Senate has passed a bill authorizing the construction of the Northern Pacific Railway, to run from the Western end of Lake Superior to Puget Sound, and branch to the navigable waters of the Columbia river. Alternate sec tions of the public lands, on each side of the road, are appropriated, and three - eizgineers are provided for, at $2,000 a year, to survey and locate. art The iele. official Mr. Mallory secured an amendment to the Tariff bill, to-day, requiring all the hemp used in our navy to be of American manufacture, and Mr. Shellabarger got in a proviso that it must be in all respects equal to the imported lists of the rebel losses - at the bat tle, of Fair. Oaks has been published. Eighty - five regiments and battalions in all were engaged —sustaining a loss of killed, woundedand miss ing of 5,897. The Pacific Railroad bill passed the Senate on Friday with five negative votes. The main route which it .fixes is to commence at a pOifit:' on the 100th meridian of longitude within the'territory . of Nebraska. Of the, branches, one commences at Sioux City, another at , a point on the Western boundary of lowa, which will probably be at or near Omaha City, or at the mouth of Platte river, both of these branches to be constructed by the Union Pacific Company, which constructs , the main road. The Kansas branch, opposite Kansas City, is to be constructed by a Kansas Company, and with this branch the Hannibal and St:Joseph roadie authorized to form a connex ion. The' main road is to run by the most direct and practicable route, , to be located subject to the approval of the President. By tife House bill, the road was to commence on the 102 d meridian, and the terminus was not necessarily within the Territory of Nebraska ; but the House agreed to the Senate amendment. The branches are the same in , both bills, except that one= of the House branches is , struck out by the Senate. In structure, the hilt has not been ma terially altered by the Senate, - but there are sev eral provisions for additional safeguards for the interest of the government - to insurer the con struction of the road. The latest advices from New-Orleans repre sent the weather as delightful, from refreshing showers. The health of the troops is good. Officers and soldiers ini the rebel service area allowed to return on taking the oath of alle giance. Sugar is quoted at 51- omits for a fair. quality. June 30.—Gen. Rufus King 'having expressed to ,the Government his desire that Gen. Sigel, instead of hiniself, should be assigned'to the command of the corps lately under .Gen. • Fre mont, the change was made to-day. ,Gen. Bing resumes command of his division, with, which he is extremely popular. A General Engagement Reported. WASHINGTONi June is repOrted that a Cabinet officer has just received information from fhe Peninsula direct, to the effect that the battle was resumed on Sunday. The engagement is said to have become gen eral along our wholtS line, and the decisive bat tle is believed to have been opened. This is, the current rumor on the street, and I send it for what it is worth. In the absence, however, of any' infoimation from the War Departinent; it is impossibly to get at the exact truth of the rumors that fly thick and fast. The only news we have yet received from official sources _is the, war bulletin of Secre rotary Stanton, which announce that no serious disaster to our arms is still reported.—Special to New-York Poat. THE BATTLE NEAR RICHMOND. HIGHLY. EXCITING DETAILS. PHILDELPHIA, June 28.—The following is rfrom the correspondent of the Baltimore Ame- scan; • - I On Friday morning , the first item of news from the front, received by , telegraph, was a gratifying announcement that Stonewall Jackson and Enelt, in attempting to turn the right flank, were repulsed by General McCall with his PennsYlvanis Reserves, and driven backwith great slaughter. This attack was made at three o'clock in the morning and had closed at six o'clock, with a signal' victory. This repulse is said Ohara been one of the most decisive and destructive of the war. The enemy was put to a COM.. plot; route with verplight loss to our forces. Although at night, and intended `for a' sur prise, the gallant Pennsylvanians were found to be wide awake. :+ There was, however, every indication of a general bade along the whole line, and Gen. McClellan, in order to be ready for any emer gencies, gave directions to Gen. Casey and Col. Ingalls to make every preparation, for the instant removal or destruction of all the supplies at White flange, should' the result of the. impendingbattle render such a course necessary, his force being deemed too small to render the successful defense of his position a certainty against such a movement of the enemy. . ! The mail steamer, which should.have lett Fortress Monroe at 7 o'clock in the morning, was ordered to be detained, and at o'clock a, dispatch Was received that a general battle was progressing along the whole line, 'the en emy having renewed the attempt:to flank Gen. Porter's position.'.'' , on the right icing. At 11 , "osolock, a second ''"dispatch announced that Gen. Porter had driven the enemy before him and repulsed them with:terrific slaughter, and' was then ordered by Gen. MeOlellan to.fall, back:- , This dispatch was a signal for renewed energy in the workof evacuation, and: all 'the - Quartermaster's -papers and valuables, and - the chests of the Paymasters, Were brought on board the mail boat. The family of Quer ' termakter Engle was alio brought on board, • with his horses and Carriage, and the horses of Assistant. Quartermaster Saertell. The householdfurniture and, the servants of these officials also SOOT' followed, which oreksed the exeitementanieng the sutlers and army folidwers. Some of the sutlersimoarne so -attic stricken as to . sell out their stocks at half Price, and hastened on Ward Abe boat, — ' whilst some determined to hold on and take the chances. That there was an intention on the part of Gen. McClellan to eiseciatethe White ,Rouse as= soon' as his movements iri% front should be perfected, there is no doubt, bat whether as a necessity or , a strategic movement, could not at that time be foreseen.' ' ' • The steamers and tugs were'all in eat ,re quisition,•and were 'fleeing down the ,river with long trains of transports in tow. The vessels nearest the landing 'were also stored! full: of commissary stores and munitions, and moved out in the stream. The inimensapiles of boxes,of crackers, barrels of pork, and ether ' 'stores' along the landingovere again covered over with bales of hay, so as to be ready; at a moment's notice,:to apply the,torch for their destruction, if it should become necessary. There was also grpat'aemmotiall among the ' crowds of contrabands, who hive been' found • most efficient laborers, and who have :been used to great advantage in the commissary and munition departments. • They' soon understood that danger was ap , prehended, and on being assured WY:Colonel Ingalls that they would not be left behind to meet the vengeance rot their mestere, went to work with renewed energy.. Stores and min -nitions everywhere disappeared from the land ings', with' great 'rapidity and , were 'being packed pn the wharf-boats-and vessels oontig noes. The wives and children of the contra ' bands also soon made their appearance, and With bundles and babies flak position on the canal boats as Alley were - floated out in the , stream. During, the afternoon the,panic in creased Until half-pastthrie and'the steamers_ and tugs were busily engaged in towing.down the transports., At three o'clock a ,dispatelh was received froth Headquarters in substance as follows': ' We have been driving therenemyliefore us on the„left s wing . ; for , the pasty half hear. r I Cheers are hesod all rtiong the lines. • TES was the.'signal for a'new change in the `pro gramme. ' Ail the government valuables, and the prop- • arty, nf the offic ers was taken off the mail boat andplaced ensbeard 'the steamer Camaioniee, snd thenrder, given Air , the'departare oPthe mail boat, which left at :3 o'clock for Fortress Monroe, taking with her in tow Le's; heavily laden steamers. with directions for them to be dropped at West Point. Two of the large hospital steamers filled with sick and wounded, also left about the same time, and moved majestically down the river. The steamer Commedere was still left at the wharf, to receive any new arrivals from the battle field, and the Daniel Webster and the Elm City; devoted to the same serviee, even after arrived. It was also announced that Gen. Stoneman, with 6,00,0 cavalry and artillery, was within six miles of the White Rouse. ' to protect the work of evacuation if a dash should be made by the enemy in that direction. The scene presented on the river was an in teresting one. Ten miles below the White Rouse, about 200 brigs, barques andtehoon ere were at anchor, with any quantity of ca nal boats, loaded with implements of war, commissary and subsistence stores. On the whole route down, steamers and tugs were passed, having large numbers of vessels in tow, and at West Point, forty miles below White HOUBt3, not leas than 300 vessels were at anchor, whilst the numerous steamers and tugs which had brought them down, were pre paring to start up for several hundred still up the river. About 7 O'clock Friday evening numbers of wounded commenced arriving from the front of the lines, with a few of the most intelligent. of whom I had an opportunity of conversing. Those'engaged in the repulse of Stonewall Jackson represent it to be most disastrous. Be came down on them expecting a surprise, but foundthem all npitnetarily expeetinehint having been informed by BleChillan two days previous that he was coming. • Instead of sur prise, the enemy received the first shot, anti after two hours' fight retreated In' cenfasion. The wounded represent it to have been almost terrific encounter, the enemy coming from ' Richmond'inanch dense Masses that the shell and grape poured into them as they advanced, making great gaps in their lines, which were immediately' filled up, hut they moved for ward most determinedly'. They still moved on, and exchanged showers of-balis which were destructive on both aides ; _ but when Gen. Porter ordered a bayonet charge they retreat ed in double quick. They again rallied, and approached our lines ,a second time, when some- terrible slaughter ensued. This time, their artillery being better served, was more effective. On coming to close quarters they were again re pulsed and driven back farther still. This twice fought over battle ground was now literally strewn withilie dead and dying,. Gen. Porter then a second- time fell back to his position, and waited an hour for the en emy to renew the assault. They finally came on in increased numbers, having been largery, reinforce., and were again received with shell .and grape, causing •greatr chase:a in their ranks. ' A' third time the enemy here 'dOwn most bravely and determinedly on our -lines, and this conflict was the most severely contested of the whole; but when the bayonet was ' brought to bear, they fell back and were pressed towards Richmond fully a mile 'be yond our original lines. Again, the fourth. time, Gen. Porter fell back to his firstielsition, when are order was received from Gen: McClellan to continua his retrogade movement slowly and in order. • As GOOD, ft 3 it became apparent to the . ene my that it was the purpose of Gen. Porter to retire, they pushed forward again boldly and bravely, when,they were °hooked by the en tire Reserve force, consisting of the New York sth and'loth, and two' tither regiments, under Cel. Warren, acting Brigadier Gennisd. -This fresh. force held the, enemy, in- check, while the force which had. previously borne the' brunt of the battle, moved steadily back and • in good order. The enemy made a, fierce attack on the re- serve, but cannon were posted at.various, points of the route by, which they were *tip; ing towards the Chickahominy, which coca= sionally pnured in shot and shell among them, and checked their movements, and enabled the troops to move back in the Mostlidmirs hie order. At one time in this retrogade movement the reserve force of Gen.,Sykee charged on the enemy with the bayonet, and drove him back a,mile. Za thieebargethe gallant New York sth end , loth drew forth the plaudits of the army, by their steadiness and bravery, in which they, however, loit about 100 of their numbers. - Cheers went up along our whole lines at this gallant repulse, which was at 3 p. m., and the enemy did not renew the attack dur ing the balanee of the evening, but turned his columns towards the White House. • The division of the enemy dispatched in that direction was estimated at twenty to thirty thousand men of all arms. .From the foregoing, I think I have conclu sively shown that the object of .Gen. McClel lan, long before the battle on Friday, was to -abandon the Whith Muse, and also draw in his' right wing across the Chickahominy. That he has accomplished this most masterly movement with 'but little loss in comparison with his punishment of the enemy, there can he no doubt; and that he has strengthened Ms ..ppsition, contranting his 'IMO and changing the lase of his operations to James River, is equally self-tivident. There he will have the ee:operation of .the gunboats. • Although hope may be father to the thought, I wager that Gen. McClellan will be.in pos session of Richmond by Sends) , neat.. • Lerzn:—lt appears that the telegraphic communication between White House and McClellan was not broken until one o'clock Saturday, When the wire was cut at Dis patch Station, eleven miles out,' The last of the transports were Juoved by the steamtugs, and the few articles scattered abont'on shore Were fire;d. The whole was of small value, sad thus of the many - millions of property.here a few days since, probably , not - $5,000 worth was destroyed. Since a very early hour'Saturday, Chin. Mo- Conan has beets deprived of his telegraphic communication with.Washington.', lie aban.